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Locality Name:
Grande Haldes, Sankt Ludwig Vein, Neuenberg, Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 338
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 21917
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21917.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grande Haldes, Sankt Ludwig Vein, Neuenberg, Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag As Ba C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteArsenicBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCubaniteFluorite
LöllingiteLinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
SpinelTetrahedriteVivianiteWurtziteXanthoconite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Linarite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Parasymplesite  (*)Pitticite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S33827002793
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)233827003092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)33827003250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs3382700379
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)233827005509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)338270011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)338270027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)33827004979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2338270027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O433827003902
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S33382700802
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)233827009895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF233827009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS338270024243
Graphite  (*)NoneC33827002812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3338270014640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)633827001066
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)23382700987
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs23382700762
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2338270012537
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O3382700124
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)3382700140
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]3382700716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS33382700733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2338270039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2338270061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg33827005186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS338270021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS43382700586
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1333827001803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1333827005317
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS3338270089


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen002428338270Neo/Late-Variscan age mineralization   Yes Cu, Ag, As, Pb, Zn1673Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, FranceSainte Marie-aux-MinesHafeznia et al. (2012) GRA14_2012 

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